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The newly created direwolves are housed in a secure, fenced reserve, with no plans to release them into the wild. Their creation is more a scientific exploration and demonstration of technology than an attempt at ecological rewilding. Many experts see this as a pivotal step in developing tools for conservation, especially as the planet faces rapid biodiversity loss.
The technologies developed for making these direwolves have already been applied in protecting endangered species like red wolves through cloning efforts. Future applications could be even more ambitious, potentially aiding in the revival of species that have gone extinct due to human activity or climate change—such as the woolly mammoth.